Sustainable
Value Creation
Robert G. Eccles
author FollowSustainability
Tenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University.
Closing the gap between stated commitments and operational realities
New research conducted by sustainability experts Dr. Robert Eccles and Alison Taylor, in partnership with GlobeScan and Salesforce, identifies a major barrier to value creation: most enterprises have not yet fully integrated sustainability across all the C-suite functions.
We surveyed senior leaders across sustainability, finance, and technology to identify four major gaps that stand in the way of making sustainability meaningful to corporate strategy.
The purpose of this research was to:
- Gain a better understanding of how companies view sustainability as a driver for creating value
- Identify the challenges senior leaders face in incorporating sustainability into their business model
- Evaluate the progress made in integrating sustainability within finance and technology functions
Robert G. Eccles of Saïd Business School, University of Oxford is the author of a number of books on integrated reporting, sustainability and the role of business in society. His focus is on sustainability from both a company and investor perspective. Professor Eccles is also involved in a variety of initiatives to embed environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues in real world decision making. One of these is the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), of which he was the founding chairman. In 2018, Professor Eccles was selected by Barron’s as one of the top 20 influencers on ESG investing.
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